Primary Story: KS2 Times Table Check

Primary Story: KS2 Times Table Check: The new times table check will become mandatory in June 2020 and today it was announced by Nick Gibb that the government is to start triall...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Boss competence and teacher well-being

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Boss competence and teacher well-being: In this post I will be looking at the work of Artz, Goodall, et al. (2017) and the relationship between ‘boss competence and worker-well be...

The Emaths Blog: MathsConf14

The Emaths Blog: MathsConf14: Yesterday, 400 maths teachers from across the UK descended upon Kettering in Northamptonshire for #MathsConf14. The day follows mont...

Tom Bennett's School Report: How is the evidence revolution going? Some reflect...

Tom Bennett's School Report: How is the evidence revolution going? Some reflect...: At the recent researchED in Haninge Sweden, I closed the conference with a speech that tried to understand where we had got to in evidenc...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: New : Teachers and performance related pay - what...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: New : Teachers and performance related pay - what...: Last week Schools Week published a piece by Lee Miller – Deputy Chief Executive of the Thinking Schools Academy Trust (TSAT) titled Performa...

The Emaths Blog: Some Thoughts on Mixed Ability vs Setting

The Emaths Blog: Some Thoughts on Mixed Ability vs Setting: In the last week alone, I have heard an Ofsted inspector call for maths teachers to move to mixed ability teaching and an apparent ‘official...

School Data Updates: Coasting? You’re taking the p*ss!

School Data Updates: Coasting? You’re taking the p*ss!: I recently read an Ofsted report for a school judged inadequate and placed into special measures. The report contained the following stateme...